[or-roots] Delena, Columbia County Oregon

[Eugene Barnes]

Hi:

Does any one know when the area of Bayview/Waldport first had Telepones
and Electrice lighting?

Also does any one from the Portland area recall hearing about an airplane that
crashed near Bybie (sp) Street in Porland, circa 197-22 or thereabouts?  My
Grandmother who lived our on 68th Ave S.E. spoke of it and I beleive she had
a piece of the rubberized fabric from that aircraft.

Gene Barnes
Costa Mesa, CA


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Connie Guardino 
  To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
  Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 2:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [or-roots] Delena, Columbia County Oregon


  This is what I've got about Delena:

  "Delena was located about seven miles west of Rainier on the Columbia River
  Highway, and near Beaver Creek. The post office was established April 22,
  1892, with Lincoln J. Meserve first postmaster. It was discontinued October
  31, 1905, and re-established March 16, 1920. Delena post office closed to
  Clatskanie March 15, 1922. Members of the Meserve family were reared at
  Delena on Beaver Creek and their opinions about the history are doubtless
  reliable. The son of the postmaster, W. N. Meserve, wrote in 1947, that the
  community of Dent was named for Julia Dent (1826-1902) of Missouri, the
  spouse of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) of Ohio, US president from 1869 to
  1877. The couple married in 1848 and were the parents of three sons and a
  daughter."

  Aileen Itzen wrote:

  > Delena is a community a few miles east of Clatskanie, some  10 miles or
  > less down the Columbia River from Longview, Washington.  It is probably
  > closer to the Columbia River than Clatskanie but all in the same area.  No
  > longer has a post office.
  >
  > At 10:01 PM 03/31/2004 -0800, you wrote:
  > >
  > >
  > >I am looking for a location of Delena, Columbia County, Oregon. I have
  > >found a relative that resided in that location in 1930 when the census
  > >was taken. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  > >
  > >Thanks in advance
  > >Marilyn Drake
  > >madrake at techline.com
  > >
  > >
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